Shuttleless loom for weaving.



Il. SMITH.

SHUTTLELBSS LOOM POR WBAVING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1907.

E. SMITH.

SHUTTLELESS LOOM FOR WBAVING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY a, 1907.

948,945. Patented Feb. s, 1910.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

E. SMITH.

SHUTTLELESS LOOM FOR WEAVING.

lAPPLICATION FILED JULY a, 1907.

948,945, Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

E. SMITH.

SHUTTLBLBSS LooM PoR WBAVING.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 8, 1907.

Patented Feb.8, 1910.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

E. SMITH.

SHUTTLELESS LOOM FOR WEAVING. APPLIOATION' FILED JULY s, 1907.

948,945. Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

. SMITH.

SHUTTL LOOM FOR WBAVING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY s, 1907.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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E. SMITH.

SHUTTLJELBSS LooM PoR WEAVING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY B,

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E. SMITH.

SHUTTLELESS LOOM POR WEAVING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY a 1907.

948,945. Patented Peb.8,191o.

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,Edward JM 'mag/ml?" y l EDWARD SMITH, F BRADFORD, ENGLAND.

` SHUTTLELESS LOOM FOR WEAVING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I atented Feb. 8, 1910.

Application tiled July 8, 1907. Serial No. 382,693.

To all whom it 'may concern.' v

lie it known that I, EDWARD SMITH, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 178 Garnett street, Bradford, in the county of York, England, have invented certain Improvements 1n and Relating to Shuttleless Looms for Weaving, of which the following is a specification.

'lhe object of this invent-ion is to combine with the ordinary types of looms, such as are commonly used in the weaving of cotton, worsted and like fabrics, additional mechanism constructed and applied, so that the weft is positively and automatically drawn from an outside supply by a carrier when picked in one direction across the loom, the carrier being constructed so as to operate mechanism by which the weft is cut into measured lengths of about double the width of fabric, and to lay one half of said cut weft across the shed of warp during one pick, leaving the second half clear of the warp, to be laid in the next warp shed on the return of carrier to the weft supply side of loom; also to insert the weft in such a way that, fast sclvages are formed on each edge of the fabric, and for each end of the out4 weft to be forced outside the fabric, into a position clear of the selvage for effectually so removing the weft ends.

` To accomplish my object, a loom ofthe ordinary type may be utilized, and connected therewith is mechanism arranged substantially as hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, of which:-

Figure l1. represents a sectional end elevation of portions of a loom considered necessary for explaining my invention shown applied to a right hand loom; the end frame is removed for more clearly showing the a plication of the invention. Fig. 2. is a ront sectional elevation through line, a. b. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3.y is a plan showing certain portions of loom, with my improvements applied. Fig. 4. is a detail plan showing lmeans employed for keeping the weft ends clear of the selvage. Fig. 5. represents a plan of a weft guide and tension device. Fig. 6. the front elevation of a weft gripper secured to lay beam. Fig. 7. is a detached elevation of weft gripper shown open for allowing the weft to pass, and Fig. 8 is a section through lay beam, showing the weft held in a position for the carrierto engage therewith. Figs. 9 and l0. are detail views at right angles to cach other of an armutilized foroperating the weft gripper for holding and releasing the weft as required by the weaving operations. Figs. 11 and 12. are

detail views showing the weft cutter and at tachments in two positions. Fig. 13 is a plan with spiral sp1-infr removed, and Figs. 14 and 15 are views of the cuttcr detached from support, in front and side elevation respectively. Figs. 16 and 17. represent a side elevation and plan of a feelcr forming part of the measuring device. Figs. 18 and 19. are a side elevation and lan of a-spring appliance for placing the eelenand other attachments on oscillating bar, in their required positions before the return of the lay beam, after eachlaying of weft is beat up. Figs. 20 and 2l. represent the side elevation and plan of an arm attached to oscillatingbar, adapted to work in conjunction with before mentioned spring appliance. Figs. 22 and 23. represent the side and back views of oscillating bar steadying device. Fig. 24. is a plan of an ordinary temple provided with a path for controll-ingtlie position of weft cutter in relation to warp threads and fabric. Figs. 25 and' 26. are cross sectional elevations of lay beam, showing the weft carrier guide in the position 'when loom is working, and when open for removing the carrier. Fig. 27. is a side elevation of weft carrier. Figs. 28 and 29 are plans, the former showing the cover plate and inclined striking plate utilized for operating the feeler of weft measuring device; in Fig. 29. the cover plate and inc ined striking plate are removed. Fig. 30. is a l view showing underside of weft carrier. Fig. 31. is a longitudinal sectionalelevation through irregular dotted line a. b. of Fig. 28, and Figs. 32 and 33 are cross sections on lines c-d and 'ef, respectively, of Fig. 28, looking toward the right, and Fig. 34 is a similar section on line g-z. looking toward the left. Fig. 35. represents a diagrammatic plan showing the position of weft carrier and weft thread immediately after the` weft has been cut from the outside supply. Fig. 36. is a similar plan showing thewef't carrier in right hand box, with the uncut portion of weft thread from source of supply extending'across fabric to carrier, ready to be beat up by the reed. Fig. 37. shows the weft connected to each selvage after the last insertion is beaten up and secured. Fig. 38. shows the carrier-on its rethe carrier entering box after laying out the return pick, ready for the next beat up of s lay beam. Fig. 40. shows the weft as laid and secured in the fabric, alsoa portion of the weftv connection from fabric to source of upply, and Fig. 41. is an edge view of the.

ric, showin the cut ends of weft f forced to the underside.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the letter A designates the supporting frame of the loom which, except in the particulars hereinafter specified, may be of the ordinary or any desired construction. The lay beam isshown at 2, mounted upon lay swords 2a, the operating mechanism therefore being omitted for clearness of illustration as it forms no part of the pres ent invention. Above the lay beam is located a hand rail 7, shown more clearly in Figs. 22, 23, and 26, between which and the lay beam is located the usual reed R for beating up the weft. I At opposite ends of the lay beam are located boxes 13 and 14 which are designed to receive a carrier 12 which is driven back and forth across the lay beam from one box to the other at suitable intervals by suitable picker mechanism which is omitted from the drawings for clearness of illustration as it forms noA part of this invention. A This carrier contains no weftcarryin spindle as does the ordinary shuttle, but raws the weft from a supply 3 5 cone 1 carried by a. standard 1a near one end of the loom. From this cone the weft shown at W passes down through 'a suitable guiding funnel 3 beneath which are located brushes 4 adapted to bear on the weft as it issues from the funnel and impart the requisite tension thereto. Below the brushes is a slotted guide 5, carried by a bracket 5a projecting from the foot of the standard 1, and from this guide the weft passes to a conduit 6 carried by a bracket 8 mounted on the lay beam, as shown in detail in Figs. 6` and 8. The bracket is provided with an opening 8a in line with the lower end of the conduit for the passage of the weft, and with a yielding depresser bar or s ring 11 carried y an arm 11a projecting rom the bracket as shown in Figs. 6 and 8, designed to press the weft down into position for engagement by the weft carrier 12 in its travel from box 13 to box 14.

Pivotally mounted on the bracket 8 is a gripper lever 9 which, at the proper time, is

ada ted to be operated to grip the weft to hol it against being drawn through the guide 6. This gripper lever has an up.- wardly inclined arm 9a and a shoulder 9b designedvfor engagement with a horizontally disposed arm 2O as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. When the arm is depressed, it bears on the shoulder 9b and holds the lever 9 out of engagement with the weft, but when said arm rises it bears a ainst the inclined face of port ion 9a and orces the grip er lever into gripplng position, as indicate in Fig. 6. This grip er lever is mounted upon an 7o oscillatin ro 16, see Figs. 2 and 3, which 1s ]ourna ed in brackets 16EL carried by the lay beam 2.-

The rod 16 may conveniently be made hollow as indicated in Fig. 21 and have each 75 end fitted with a hollow plug 16, provided with a conical recess to receive the pointed or cone-shaped end of the pin 15, the shank of which is screwed into a threaded recess in the bracket 16, as indicated in dotted lines so in said figure.

As the weft carrier travels from box 13 to box 14, it draws a doubled length of the weftthrough the warp threads (not shown) or a length equal to twice the width of the fabric. This weft should be severed from the preceding weft thread by the time the carrier has reached box 14v and to accomplish this I provide a cutter device 21 operated by the oscillation of the rod 16 as 9o hereinafter described. On the rock shaft or rod 16 is a feeler bar 19, secured by a' suitable clamping device 19a and the end of this feeler bar depends into a position to be struck and raised by an incline or cam plate $5 18 carried by the shuttle carrier, see Fig. 31. This causes the rod 16 to be rocked on its axis by which action arm 20 is raised causing the gripper to grip the weft and prevent any more being drawn while it is being 10o severed by the cutter' device. This cutting device comprises a frame 21a (see Figs. 11 to 13) which is secured at one end by a suitable clamping device 21x to the rod 16. In the opposite endl of the frame is pivoted a knife 21 to the end sof which is connected a spring S, the other end of which is attached to a lug s on the frame 21A. The spring thus tends to cause t-he knife to as- `sume the position shown in Fig. 11, when 11o the lay beam is in its backward position and the warp shed open for the movement of the carrier. lVhen bar 16 is actuated as before described, the knife 21 then between the warp threads is further de ressed, bringing the end of the angular p ate 21B`` and cutting edge 21c of knlfe into contact with the weft just inserted. The knife in its continued downward movement, cuts the weft a short distance from selvage 10, See Fig. 35, the angular plate 21B holding the weft tight against the warp .threads whileA it is beingcut, and then when severed forcing the extreme end X to the underside of fabric, the remainder of said end of weft 125 indicated by W* passes to and around selvage 10, and is secu-red along with the uncut ortion W shown in front of reed R in' igs. 35 and 36, at the next beat up of lay beam. 13o

l. After weft W is out as described, carrier 12 continues its course to box 14, drawing draws cut portion W2 of weft across brush 22, causing the weft to pass through a slit 12B on one edge of carrier, to the underside of cover late 23, and 'after weft W and short end are beaten up and secured/by the shedding of the'warp threads, a/weft \connection W1* is left between selvage 10A and carrier, as shown ,by Fig. 37. A portion of this length is beneathcov'er plate 23,as shown by dotted lines. vWhen weft carrier' is picked out of box 14, weft W1* is drawn into slit 24 of carrier, and tension on the weft for insuring it being deliveredstraight across the warp is obtained by drawing the weft over a brushlike surface 25, embedded in the carrier below the cover plate 23. Ans carrier 12 travels from box 14 to box 13, weft W1* leaves carrier through bottom of slit 24, a depression 24a being made in base of carrier sufficiently deep and of a width for the carrier to pass over and be clear of the weft as it is delivered through slit 24.- When carrier 12 arrives in box 13, weft W1* is then beaten up on the forward Imovement of reed R, and is secured by the shedding of the warp threads operated in the usual manner, after which the cycle of operations is repeated. The loose end W2 of weft Wlf terminates outside the selvage 10 of fabric F, see Fig. 39, and is forced to the underside of fabric in the manner `as hereinafter described; the portion forced to the underside is indicated by X in Fig. 41.

When carrier 12 is struck back from box 14 tobox 13, the reverse incline of plate18 on said carrier will strike end of feeler 19,

and operate bar 16 and attachments, but as.

there is no weft laid across the warp threads with which knife 21 can come in contact during the return pick of carrier, the operation of bar 16 and knife have no effect on the weft. y

When the lay beam is in its backward position and warp f shed open for allowing carrier to distribute the weft acrossthe warp shed, knife 2l is then in the'position shown by Fig. l1 to clear the temple cover 26, spring S by its contraction drawing the back of knife against what is termed the feeling edge of fabric, that is'to say, against the weft last inserted between the war threads, and when the lay beam is in its orward position beating up the weft, the knife is clear of the fabric and supported by cover plate 27, as shown by Fig. 12.

Near to one end of bar 16 is secured a double ended arm or lever, one portion 30 projecting toward the lay beam. When carrier 12 arrives inbox 14, reed R is approaching the posit-ion for beating up the weft ust length has been drawn from the delivered, and the rear end 31 of lever is sliding over a curved spring plate 32 supported by an attachment to breast beam B of loom.

By the rear end 31 of lever passing over the curved plate 32, bar 16 is moved into the position by which arm 20, secured to said bar, is caused to strike projection 9B of pivoted gripper, by which operation the foot E) is moved from the position shown by Fig. 6 to that shown by Fig. 7, thereby liberating the weft so as to be freely drawn fromcone l by the carrier engaging therewith as before described when traveling toward box 14.

For the purpose of insuring ay definite oscillating movement of bar 16 and .thus preventing the cutting of weft W until a proper supply cone 1., bar 16 is steadied by end 3() of arm engaging between plate 33 and spring 34 when moved in one direction, andv between said platcand spring 34A when moved in the other direction,- by which movements and engagements rebounding is prevented.

The projections and E act as stop pieces for adjusting the movements and for placing the end of feeler 19in a dide-rent position as regards distance above the weft ear ri-er path P of lay beam, and therefore 1n proper relation to the path for the feeler to engage with the inclined `surfaces of plate 1 8 on carrier 12 before each picking of carrier.

A guide 35 is suitably attached by brackets 36 to hand rail 7, and suspended above the warp threads in a manner thatthe upper sections of said threads when the warp shed is open, are in contact with said guide, which is applied for the purpose of guiding and retain-ing the weft carrier in contact with path P of lay beam 2, and reed R When traveling between the boxes 13 and 14, so that the carrier may rise above. the

path 1, and the inclined surfaces of plate 18 operate feeler 1S) before the 'requisite time, and thereby cause a shorter length of weft to be cut by the premature operation of knife 21 as the weft carrier is passing from box 13 to box 14.

In order to give rigidity to bar l6and thereby make the cutting of the weft more definite as regards length; an additional support is given to said bar by journal 37 attached to bracket 36 in a convenient manner, the guide being held in the position shown by Fig. 25 by the engagement of pivoted lever 38 with notch 39' cut in arm carrying guide' 35. On raising lever 38 clear of notch 39, the guide 35 is moved. into the position shown by Fig. 26, by the contraction of spring 39A held in tension between attachments on bracket 361 and supporting arm of guide 35.

The shedding of the selvage warp threads is preferably of the double pick type, operated in the usual manner when weft carrier is in box 14, but in order to obtain a clear and firm selvage at 10, I introduce an additional thread 40 and'operate same independentl of the warp threads, for the purpose of orcing the overlying ends 1W2 of weft to the underside of fabric, the same as the extreme end of weft W*, effected in the manner as before described.

A bar 41 is supported at one end by a bracket and pin 42, and at the opposite end a wire is attached, the upper portion of which is connected to a spiral spring 44 suitably supported intension. A hole 1s formed in wire 43 through which the additional thread 40 is passed; a tappet 45 is secured on revolving shaft 46, the tappet on each revolution forcing the end of bar 41 and connected wire 43 downward, and when liberated by tappet, the contraction ofspring 44 raises the bar and wire to their normal position, as shown by Fig. 1. v

The tappet 45 is so placed as to admit of spiral spring 44 holding the.A additional thread 40 above the carrier 12 until said carrier is returned from box 14'to box 13, and

delivered the portion of weft .W1* across warp shed, see Fig.. 39. Bar 41 is then depressed by tappet 45, and the additional thread 40 moved downward across loose end W2 of weft lying within the shed., by

which movement the end W2 is forced through the bottom shed of warp after the commencement of the backward movement of lay beam. The actuation of thread 40 is such that it is not woven into the fabric.

Thread 40 i's drawn from a spool 47, see Fig. 1, and after passing through the hole in wire 43 as before mentioned, it is conducted through reed R and retained in contact with the upper surface of laybeam 2 by an eyelet or like guiding device secured to the upper edge or front surface of lay beam, then forward to the ordinary taking up beam 48, around which it is wound.

In order that the loose ends W2 of weft may be retained on the underside of fabric "so as not to come into contact with the selvagelQ, a narrow tape 49, preferably of metal, seev Fig. 4, may be selvage, in the same p ane as the warp threads of bottom shed One end of tape may be fixed to the temple frame or other l convenient support, and the other end to a spiral spring held in tension by attachment to some rigid part of the loom.

What I claim is Y 1. In a loom for weaving, a carrier 'adapted to draw weft from an outside supply cone, means for cutting the weft between the selvages of fabric without severing the connection between supply cone and warp, substantially as described.

2. In a loom for weaving, a carrier adapted to draw weft from an outside supply, means forcutting' the weft between the selvages combined with means for conveying the severed portion of weft clear of warp in a condition for insertion between the top and-bottom warp shed substantially as described. i

3. In a loom for weaving, means forv sup plying weft from outside of the weft car-A rier, a weft gripper 9, means for operating same, a depressor bar 11', and a weft carrier 12 provided with'an angular plate 17 substantially as described.

4. In a loom for Weaving, a weft gripper 9 with means for operating same, a depressor plate 11, a yweft carrier 12 provided with an angular plate 17, means for cutting the weft and means for forcing the cut ends to the underside of fabric.

5. In a lloom of the type described, an outside supply of weft, a carrier, an adjustable feeler 19 combined with oscillating bar 16,

an arm 2O controlling the holding and liberating operations vof gripper 9, a weft cutter 21, an arm 30 combined with springs 34 and 34A and stop pieces D and Ensubstantially as .90

described.

I n witness whereof I have hereunto sub-- scrlbed my hand 1n the presence of two wit nesses.

EDWARD SMITH.

Witnesses: p

NORMAN HACKETT, WiLLIAM ILLINGwoR'rH.

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